Example sentences of "been [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And me bloody petrol gauge has been on half way along Scunnie Road . |
| 2 | She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her ; and trafficked for strange webs with Eastern merchants ; and , as Leda , was the mother of Helen of Troy , and , as Saint Anne , the mother of Mary ; and all this has been to her but as the sound of lyres and flutes , and lives only in the delicacy with which it has moulded the changing lineaments , and tinged the eyelids and the hands . |
| 3 | It is a memorable evocation , casting a spell over the reader : ‘ She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ My wife has been dead these two years . |
| 5 | He had been dead some time . ’ |
| 6 | She was cold , she had been dead some time . |
| 7 | To date , however , there has been rather little evidence on the means of transmission of difficulties . |
| 8 | If his estimate of time was accurate , it would have been rather more than an hour since it had stopped . |
| 9 | However , there have been rather few cases which have addressed at all directly the question of the legality of the use of nuclear weapons , and even fewer judgments touching on this . |
| 10 | In much of Western Europe a predominant characteristic has been trade union pluralism ( and sometimes reluctance to engage in continuous relationships with employers ) promoted by ideological , philosophical and religious differences , although in recent years there has been rather less emphasis upon the importance of religious affinity . |
| 11 | Or else his handicap had been rather less than she had reckoned . |
| 12 | These , of course , have been predominantly those of the mother tongue . |
| 13 | Yet there has been remarkably little research activity in this area . |
| 14 | Two-nil up at home against moderate opposition — it would have been downhill all the way for most teams . |
| 15 | From there it has been downhill all the way . |
| 16 | From that point onward , it had been downhill all the way . |
| 17 | It should have been downhill all the way for retired Shetland Pony Selwyn , instead it turned out to be downbeat . |
| 18 | In addition to the factors already discussed , the main stimulus to employers ' organisation in a number of countries appears to have been less that of a counter to growing union power , or an attempt to achieve market or labour force regulation , and more a response to what was perceived as a threat to common employer interests arising from increasing state intervention . |
| 19 | Sometimes the advances have been less that brilliant , but the demand is there . |
| 20 | The organisations concerned have asked that details of the comments received be mad public , criticising the level of secrecy surrounding the exercise , but to date , the UKCC 's response , from registrar Colin Ralph , has been only that publication of the consultation report is ‘ possible ’ . |
| 21 | Long ago , Miranda had realized that sexual involvement with Adam could only complicate her life , but she had been only half awake and off guard when he made his move . |
| 22 | So far , Melissa had been only half listening . |
| 23 | Course I have n't been down that way for a while . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , it 's a pot I 've been down many times — not the easiest ; apart from a fifty-foot pitch we 'll have to haul him up , there 's a long sump we 'll have to bring the injured man back through which could be tricky if he 's unconscious or uncooperative . |
| 25 | ‘ Sir Robert , ’ Agrippa smoothly intervened , ‘ we have been down this path before . |
| 26 | That he had been down some time , and that there were a Nest of them at Alfoxden House who were protected by a Mr Poole a Tanner of this Town . ’ |
| 27 | Having said that I mean I think there there has been obviously some concern about some security measures , other than terrorist or so called terrorist threats in relation to staff personal security in the building which is why we 've actually moved towards more one stop per section area so there are limits to where the public are actually free to move around the building . |
| 28 | Ellen and I both assumed that Sweetman 's interest in Wavebreaker had been merely that of a prospective charterer who wanted to reconnoitre the boat 's amenities . |
| 29 | They are believed to have been extremely few in number . |
| 30 | They had been together all morning , but little had been said . |